The Magic of the Cities.

Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer

Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Beauty of Botero I







Fernando Botero, is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity. Botero depicts women, men, daily life, historical events and characters, milestones of art, still-life, animals and the natural world in general, with exaggerated and disproportionate volumetry, accompanied by fine details of scathing criticism, irony, humor, and ingenuity.
Self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, he came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. Working most of the year in Paris, in the last three decades he has achieved international recognition for his paintings, drawings and sculpture, with exhibitions across the world. His art is collected by major museums, corporations and private collectors.

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Musical





Background Music: Bugge Wesseltoft and Friends Live at Oslo Jazzfestival

Bugge Wesseltoft featuring Fantastic Friends:  Joaquin Joe Claussell, Erik Truffaz, Ilhan Ersahin, Marius Reksjø, Erik Holm, Andreas Bye at Oslo Jazzfestival. August 2011.


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Friday, April 13, 2012

The Dream Maker




Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
~Carl Jung




Happy Friday!


Fri Apr 13, 2012
This week's challenge:
'Soft Light'.


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Thursday, April 12, 2012

City Contrasts



“If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.”
― Alvin Toffler

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Cuernavaca Streets








(iPhone Shots+Snapseed)
Cuernavaca From: Nahuatl: Cuauhnāhuac (“Near the Woods"). It was established at the archeological site of Gualupita I by the Olmec, "The Mother Culture" of Mesoamerica, approximately 3200 years ago. It is also a municipality located about 85 km (53 mi) south of Mexico City on the D-95 freeway.

The city was nicknamed the "City of Eternal Spring" by Alexander von Humboldt in the nineteenth century. It has long been a favorite escape for Mexico City and foreign visitors because of this warm, stable climate and abundant vegetation. Aztec emperors had summer residences there, and even today, many famous people as well as Mexico City residents maintain homes there. Cuernavaca is also host to a large foreign resident population, including large numbers of students who come to study the Spanish language.
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Monday, April 9, 2012

Xinantecatl Volcano






“Nevado de Toluca” is a large stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is generally cited as the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de OrizabaPopocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. It is often called by the Nahuatl name Xinantecatl which is usually translated as “The Naked Lord”.

The volcano has a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) wide summit caldera which is open to the east. The highest summit, 4,680 metres (15,354 ft) Pico del Fraile (Friar's Peak), is on the southwest side of the crater and the second highest, 4,640 metres (15,223 ft) Pico del Aguila (Eagle's Peak), is on the northwest. There are two crater lakes on the floor of the basin at about 4,200 m (13,800 ft), the larger Lago del Sol (Sun Lake) and the smaller, but deeper, Lago de la Luna (Moon Lake).  [Wiki]


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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Static Performance



Monumental Acrobat 90. Sculpture by Jorge Marin 2005.
(From the open air exhibition The Wings of The City)


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Christ The King / Cristo Rey



Urban Bus of Cuernavaca, Mx


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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Clown








I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown.
It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
~Charlie Chaplin

A short video of this:

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